WAM T 44

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: TEXT Winnett: l ʿll rather than l ns²s². DISCUSSION King (1990: 678) commented: "The second letter is a dot and must be a n. The first third and fourth letters are all straight lines and I would interpret the latter two as s² rather than l. The final letter is inscribed in a different technique to the rest and might not belong. The patronym might read ʾkr as in Winnett 1971 and Harding (1971: 431) or ʾkb".

Winnett, F.V. An Arabian Miscellany. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli 31 [N.S. 21], 1971: 443-454, pls 1-14.
Harding, G.L. An Index and Concordance of Pre-Islamic Arabian Names and Inscriptions. (Near and Middle East Series, 8). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971.
King, G.M.H. Early North Arabian Thamudic E. A preliminary description based on a new corpus of inscriptions from the Ḥismā desert of southern Jordan and published material. Ph.D thesis, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1990. [Unpublished]. 1990.